[Ep. 15] Why does listening to podcasts on “Chipmunk Mode” (aka 2x speed) feel so unhealthy — yet so attractive? We discuss the fight-or-flight tax, chronic stress debt, using alcohol to take the edge off, unhealthy career ambition and if aliveness and success are a zero-sum game.

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Should you listen to podcasts on 2x? [Jonny Miller]

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